Esports

Welcome to my 2018 NA LCS Spring Split Preview Series! I’ll be releasing my thoughts on each team during the 10 days before the season opener on Saturday, January 20th.
Today, another light-years ahead inve... More

By most metrics, All-Star 2017 was a success.
Viewership was up from Barcelona 2016. The LPL—a team that treated the event with the seriousness Riot Games intended—was rewarded for their hard work, taking ho... More

Seven Barons. Eight broken inhibitors. 776 CS. 80 minutes of my life I won’t get back.
Those are only some of the otherworldly numbers from Game 3 of Sunday’s All-Star 2017 final between the LPL and LMS All-... More

The game was over. China had won. They had slain every Korean All-Star on Summoner’s Rift, a decisive ace that sealed a hard fought, 50-minute slugfest of a match. All that was left was the obligatory push mid ... More

Another international group stage, another chance for North America to break my heart.
Day 2 of All-Star 2017 solidified Saturday’s semifinals as an all-Asian affair. In the first match, the Southeast Asia A... More

Long time LMS star Hong "Karsa" Haoxuan made the decision to leave LMS region after his 4 years of serving in it. Karsa spent 3 years in Flash Wolves where he made his name internationally with his fierce jungl... More

After Team SoloMid’s press conference Wednesday afternoon, I got a chance to speak with veteran solo laners Soren “Bjergsen” Bjerg and Kevin “Hauntzer” Yarnell. We talked about how TSM will adapt to new faces, ... More

After Team SoloMid’s press conference Wednesday afternoon, I got a chance to speak with their new bot lane: Jesper “Zven” Svenningsen and Alfonso “mithy” Rodriguez. We talked about what finally brought them to ... More

After Team SoloMid's press conference Wednesday afternoon, I got a chance to speak with their new jungler Mike "MikeYeung" Yeung. We talked about joining the best team in North America, his growth in the offsea... More

At a press conference on Wednesday afternoon in Beverly Hills, Team SoloMid formally introduced their new NA LCS roster for Spring Split 2018.
For a team that has never missed a NA LCS final—and has won thre... More